IntroductionSplit keyboards are great, a lot of you are familiar with it, they are also very expensive when you try to obtain one outside of a groupbuy, getting keycaps are also difficult as split keyboards often follow non-standard layouts that gives no consideration to standardised keycap sets. I wanted to make split keyboards more available, I think one of the best ways to do it would be to make a split keyboard that is compatible with existing keycap sets, so here it is.
I'm introducing a split keyboard design that (I believe)
is more ergonomic and is also
compatible with 104 key keycap sets by using 1u keys only.
Prototype of Diverge II, the switches are populated with only
one set of 104 key keycaps. Note the outside column, it was intended to use 1.5u keys instead of 1u keys.
Current design candidate for the next prototype, note the outside column is corrected to use 1u keys.
link to complete album of the first prototypeFeatures- 12 key rollover
- Compatible with standard 104 key keycaps
- 72 fully programmable keys with intuitive GUI software or with the arduino IDE
- Media Controls
- Capable of running in tandem mode (the ergodox way) or be used as two individual keyboards
- Replaceable cables
I'll keep you guys updated on my progress, kinda looking for suggestions and opinions on the layout.